diff --git a/backend/compress/compress.go b/backend/compress/compress.go
index 6d99604b8..f635c5e59 100644
--- a/backend/compress/compress.go
+++ b/backend/compress/compress.go
@@ -257,6 +257,16 @@ func isMetadataFile(filename string) bool {
 	return strings.HasSuffix(filename, metaFileExt)
 }
 
+// Checks whether a file is a metadata file and returns the original
+// file name and a flag indicating whether it was a metadata file or
+// not.
+func unwrapMetadataFile(filename string) (string, bool) {
+	if !isMetadataFile(filename) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return filename[:len(filename)-len(metaFileExt)], true
+}
+
 // makeDataName generates the file name for a data file with specified compression mode
 func makeDataName(remote string, size int64, mode int) (newRemote string) {
 	if mode != Uncompressed {
@@ -979,7 +989,8 @@ func (f *Fs) ChangeNotify(ctx context.Context, notifyFunc func(string, fs.EntryT
 	wrappedNotifyFunc := func(path string, entryType fs.EntryType) {
 		fs.Logf(f, "path %q entryType %d", path, entryType)
 		var (
-			wrappedPath string
+			wrappedPath    string
+			isMetadataFile bool
 		)
 		switch entryType {
 		case fs.EntryDirectory:
@@ -987,7 +998,10 @@ func (f *Fs) ChangeNotify(ctx context.Context, notifyFunc func(string, fs.EntryT
 		case fs.EntryObject:
 			// Note: All we really need to do to monitor the object is to check whether the metadata changed,
 			// as the metadata contains the hash. This will work unless there's a hash collision and the sizes stay the same.
-			wrappedPath = makeMetadataName(path)
+			wrappedPath, isMetadataFile = unwrapMetadataFile(path)
+			if !isMetadataFile {
+				return
+			}
 		default:
 			fs.Errorf(path, "press ChangeNotify: ignoring unknown EntryType %d", entryType)
 			return